Get SmART with SmartHistory

SmartHistory (www.smarthistory.org) is an award-winning "web-book" which uses multimedia content - audio, video, images, text - as an alternative to the traditional textbook for students and teachers of art history.

The resource may be of interest to Education students taking the art elective, and it also features contextual discussions and articles concerning different aspects of english, geography, history and philosophy.

Even if you've only a passing interest in art history, it's worth a look to see how well multimedia can be used in an educational capacity.  The interface provides a number of entry points and navigation tools for the various topics, and offers related links depending on which area or era you find yourself delving into.

The site was started in 2005 by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker and has since grown to include contributions from numerous academics in art history - you can see the full list here.  Check it out!

World Teachers' Day!

World Teachers' Day is celebrated by UNESCO and Education International every year on 5th October (www.5oct.org). This year's theme is Teachers for Gender Equality and promotes gender equality in access to education as well as between male and female teachers.

Today in the Library foyer we have a display with information from UNESCO, the Gender Equality in Education Policy Forum, and Ireland-specific statistics from the 2007 Sé Sí report. We also draw your attention to resources available in the Library that address issues of gender balance and imbalance in the context of education.  

Pop up and have a look!

Catalogue Maintenance

In order to enable essential maintenance work to be carried out on our Library Management System (Talis), the Catalogue will be unavailable for a short period on Monday evening (Oct 3), from around 5.30pm onwards.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Help us Keep a Journal...

We are currently carrying out a survey of our journal usage, both print and online.  

If and when you consult one of our print journals in the Library this year you'll see a yellow bookmark attached to the cover.

We ask that any time you consult a title from our journal shelves (old or new!), you do the following:

• tick & date the bookmark in the boxes provided (see picture)
• ...and that's it!

If you were here last year you'll remember we did something similar.  Along with online usage statistics, this helps us gauge usage rates of our various titles and tailor our collection towards YOUR needs!

So tick and date the yellow bookmarks and help us keep a journal of our journals.  Thanks!

Attention New Students!

A big Library fáilte roimh to all of our new first years and international students.

 Over the next few weeks we have Library Induction Tours available for all newly registered students, a quick way of finding out all you need to know (for now!) to get the most out of the Library.

 B.Ed.'s will be assigned a group and time so just need to turn up in their pre-appointed group.  B.A.'s and international students can sign in whatever time suits best at the Library Information Desk.

 If you're not sure where to sign in, or have a question about anything in the Library, just ask a member of Library Staff.

Opening Hours

We return to our full term opening hours from next Monday, September 26. That means we're open 9am-10pm from Monday through to Thursday, 9am-5pm on Friday and 10am-1pm on Saturday. See our opening hours for next few months on our website.

Distance Guide Now Online

We've made a guide to our off-campus service available on our website in pdf format. It's aimed at part time or research students or any of you who are more-off-than-on-campus. You'll find various bits and bobs that will make your Library life a whole lot easier. Look here and see...